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Passport problem

  • 14-09-2012 6:11pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭cat_xx


    Im not sure if this is the right place to post this.

    I have a bit of a situation, Im off to England on Wednesday to a wedding and sent my passport off a while ago. Got a letter back today saying I didnt pay the correct fee Anyway what do I do now?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    I'll sell you my passport or take the boat.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭holystungun9


    You've come to the right place...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Still a better love story than Twilight.....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    If you have any other photo ID you should be ok.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,379 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Where's the wedding on? I love weddings, I'm off next week and have my passport ready!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭cat_xx


    If I go to the passport office on Monday should I get it sorted?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    cat_xx wrote: »
    Im off to England on Wednesday to a wedding and sent my passport off a while ago.

    Why did you send your passport to England?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    You don't need a passport for Ireland to England.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,379 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    cat_xx wrote: »
    If I go to the passport office on Monday should I get it sorted?

    Emergency passports can be knocked out in a day or so...cost is €110 though according to the passport.ie website! Ouch!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    cat_xx wrote: »
    If I go to the passport office on Monday should I get it sorted?

    Have you a drivers licence?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭talla10


    Pay the correct fee maybe...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    benwavner wrote: »
    If you have any other photo ID you should be ok.


    You need a passport, a protocol brought in by the airlines and not anything to do with border control law. The ferries don't insist on a passport.
    cat_xx wrote: »
    If I go to the passport office on Monday should I get it sorted?


    Do this, sometimes the obvious thing to do is the correct thing to do.

    Explain your situation and stay until it's sorted. They are normally a decent bunch and are familiar to last minute emergency's


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,379 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Shryke wrote: »
    You don't need a passport for Ireland to England.

    You do if you're flying with Ryanair. Aer Lingus will accept valid driving licence if you're an Irish citizen flying to the UK.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    You need a passport, a protocol brought in by the airlines and not anything to do with border control law. The ferries don't insist on a passport.


    AFAIK you can fly with Aer Lingus with a valid drivers licence.

    Although, this may have changed.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    I had an emergency a number of years ago that I had to go abroad for.
    Passport out of date and it would have taken a day to do a new one.
    So the lady in the passport office did a temporary one for me that day(had to hand around for several hours, but hey!)


    Also forgot to add, if you go into the office bring you travel details with you ie boarding pass ie proof of immediate travel)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭cat_xx


    talla10 wrote: »
    Pay the correct fee maybe...

    Wasn't my fault the woman in the post office told me I only had to pay €35


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,950 ✭✭✭Milk & Honey


    cat_xx wrote: »
    Wasn't my fault the woman in the post office told me I only had to pay €35

    It was you fault for relying on the woman in the Post Office!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭cat_xx


    It was you fault for relying on the woman in the Post Office!

    I always assumed people are supposed to know how to do their jobs no?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Cedrus


    It's a looooong time since it's been anywhere near €35 for an adult passport and in fairness It's easy enough to look up.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Ah give them a break, they asked for a service and were charged.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    cat_xx wrote: »
    Im not sure if this is the right place to post this.

    I have a bit of a situation, Im off to England on Wednesday to a wedding and sent my passport off a while ago. Got a letter back today saying I didnt pay the correct fee Anyway what do I do now?
    If you have a passport then why did you sent it away?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Expired probably.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    If you have a passport then why did you sent it away?

    To entertain us of a Friday night ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭LETHAL LADY


    Are you a good swimmer? Well it just might work if all else fails.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭dirtyden


    cat_xx wrote: »
    Wasn't my fault the woman in the post office told me I only had to pay €35

    I find this hard to believe. They do it so often they would hardly make a mistake plus it says it on the form. Go to the passport office and they will sort you. I know of a few people who were caught out and got sorted last minute.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    cat_xx wrote: »
    If I go to the passport office on Monday should I get it sorted?

    Your passport is likely printed and made, but you just have to pay the rest of the money for it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    benwavner wrote: »
    AFAIK you can fly with Aer Lingus with a valid drivers licence.

    Although, this may have changed.

    I checked it out a few weeks ago, they still accept the licence.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,229 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Smidge wrote: »
    I had an emergency a number of years ago that I had to go abroad for.
    Passport out of date and it would have taken a day to do a new one.
    So the lady in the passport office did a temporary one for me that day(had to hand around for several hours, but hey!)


    Also forgot to add, if you go into the office bring you travel details with you ie boarding pass ie proof of immediate travel)

    If the trip's with Ryanair, temporary ones aren't accepted.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭Karona


    Yeah it says it on the form you have to fill in. I think its 88 if you want an express passport.


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  • Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,183 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Put the required money in the envelope, and climb in with it. Get a mate to lick the outside and seal it. Hop down the post office and post it. You may want to bring a power bar.

    When the letter is opened (be careful of those letter opening knives), jump out and grab your passport.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,229 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    A snail on the move would look like a blur compared to the people in the passport office. It's a feckin good job they never got the Book of Kells job.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,310 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    A snail on the move would look like a blur compared to the people in the passport office. It's a feckin good job they never got the Book of Kells job.

    They did - that's why there's only 1 copy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭✭later12


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    You do if you're flying with Ryanair. Aer Lingus will accept valid driving licence if you're an Irish citizen flying to the UK.
    Just curious about this... only if you're an Irish citizen?

    I'm sure if you're an EU citizen or do otherwise not require a Visa for the UK, but have an Irish DL, they can't make these arbitrary distinctions, can they?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    You don't need a passport to go to a wedding, that's just ridiculous. You do however need marriage licence to prove your married. The two things are completely unrelated and shouldn't be mixed up.

    HTH


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Feathers


    MarkR wrote: »
    Put the required money in the envelope, and climb in with it. Get a mate to lick the outside and seal it. Hop down the post office and post it. You may want to bring a power bar.

    When the letter is opened (be careful of those letter opening knives), jump out and grab your passport.

    While you're at it, just get them to post you to England. Job done! May want to bring a second power bar though.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 927 ✭✭✭AngeGal


    OP Aer Lingus accept basically any id for for travel between Ireland and England.

    Examples include;

    Valid Passport
    Drivers licence with photo
    International student card
    National ID card / Government issued photo ID cards
    Health Insurance cards with photo / Social security cards with photo
    Bus pass with photo
    Work ID with photo

    Link - http://www.aerlingus.com/i18n/en/htmlPopups/passport_visa_information.html#irluk


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    If the trip's with Ryanair, temporary ones aren't accepted.

    Mine was:D


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